American woman flies to India to attend Facebook son’s wedding

A 60-year-old American woman named Deborah Miller flew halfway across the world to attend her “Facebook son’s” wedding in India. The two had developed a close bond after 28-year-old Krishna Mohan Tripathi befriended Miller four years ago on Facebook.

Tripathi, whose mother had died when he was a teenager, chanced upon Miller’s profile while browsing Facebook. The two kept in touch over the next four years, despite the distance between them — while Tripathi is from a village near the Indian town of Gorakhpur, Miller is a resident of California. When he decided to get married on Jan. 29, he extended an invitation to Miller, who surprised him by flying all the way to India. Read more…